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Lincoln Park High School IB Programme Expansion

Lincoln Park High School IB Programme Expansion. What is IB?. The International Baccalaureate, a world wide educational organization that aims to:

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Lincoln Park High School IB Programme Expansion

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  1. Lincoln Park High SchoolIB Programme Expansion

  2. What is IB? The International Baccalaureate, a world wide educational organization that aims to: • “develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.”- • “develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment.” • “encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.”

  3. The IB Learner Profile • inquirers • knowledgeable • thinkers • communicators • principled • open-minded • caring • risk-takers • balanced • reflective.

  4. What IB is Not • A one size fits all program • Too difficult • Too much work • Only for students with the highest test scores

  5. What Doesn’t Change? • PDP and IB Diploma Programme • Performing Arts • Neighborhood School • Current AP offerings • Current make up of staff

  6. What Will Change? • 4 levels to 3 • Pre diploma/full diploma • Accelerated Honors (HL) • Honors (SL) • All students MYP at grades 9/10 • Cohorting

  7. 9th and 10th Grade • Pre Diploma MYP • Core MYP • Music or Drama Majors MYP

  8. MYP Program Model

  9. 11th-12th Grade • IB IB Core e • Choose CAS, TOK, or EE • May take stand alone IB classes, earn certificate • Can still take stand alone AP • Some non IB and non AP classes • Diploma Programme • Keeps current size, structure, curriculum ains • More students may opt for DP over timeMorestudents may opt for DP

  10. What is an IB Diploma • A Diploma from the IB Organization • Certifies that the holder has completed the DP course of study and successfully passed several end of course tests • Also completed EE and TOK, and CAS • Recognized by universities world wide that holder is very well prepared for college work

  11. What We Believe at LP • IB has the best programs and curriculum to meet the needs of all of our students • That all students deserve the best regardless of their personal circumstances • Our staff has the skills and experience to succeed at expanding IB • Our students have the potential, skills, and desire-they will rise to the challenge • Working together, we will transform LP into the only large diverse urban high school, not all magnet, where all students have high achievement

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